‘Been there, done that’: international student migration and human capital transfers from the UK to Slovakia
‘Been there, done that’: international student migration and human capital transfers from the UK to Slovakia
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“去过那里，做过那件事”：国际学生移民和从英国到斯洛伐克的人力资本转移
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2004
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Allan M. Williams
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V. Baláž;Allan M. Williams
国际学生移徙仍然是移徙研究中一个研究不足的领域，回国移徙尤其如此。本文分析了在英国学习的斯洛伐克学生，包括学位课程和语言/职业课程，随后返回原籍国。它分析了他们的动机，他们在英国获得的人力资本，以及他们在返回斯洛伐克后能够实现个人福利收益的程度。他们对自己的经历的评价是非常积极的，相当多的人还报告说，他们的工作和收入有所改善，即使在国外停留的时间相对较短。这项研究强调了学生获得的具体能力的重要性，而不是广泛的技能类别或资格。它特别强调了语言能力的价值，但也强调了学习、态度和人际交往能力以及网络的价值。本文的结论是，有必要更多地关注个人的社会传记时，理解迁移和学习之间的关系。与此同时，它还强调了个别机构的结构参数，包括转型经济体的具体经济条件，以及英语作为世界语言的市场价值。版权所有© 2004年约翰威利父子有限公司。
International student migration remains an under-researched field in migration studies, and this is especially true of return migration. This paper analyses students from Slovakia who have studied in the UK, both on degree courses and language/vocational courses, and have subsequently returned to their country of origin. It analyses their motivations, their acquisition of human capital in the UK, and the extent to which they have been able to realise individual welfare gains after returning to Slovakia. Their evaluations of their experiences are highly positive, with substantial numbers also reporting improvements in their jobs and incomes, even following relatively short stays abroad. The study emphasises the importance of the specific competences acquired by the students, rather than broad skill categories, or qualifications. It highlights the value attached to language competence, in particular, but also to learning, attitudinal and interpersonal competences, as well as networking. The paper concludes that there is a need to pay more attention to individual social biographies when understanding the relationship between migration and learning. At the same time, it also stresses structural parameters to individual agency, including the specific economic conditions in a transition economy, and the market value of competence in English as a world language. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.